diff --git a/.cargo/config.toml b/.cargo/config.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..35049cbcb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.cargo/config.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[alias]
+xtask = "run --package xtask --"
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 7b0cb24e9..073da7031 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -75,6 +75,12 @@ If you get a "Too many open files" error you might want to increase the open fil
 ulimit -Sn 3000
 ```
 
+#### Build tools
+
+Meilisearch follows the [cargo xtask](https://github.com/matklad/cargo-xtask) workflow to provide some build tools.
+
+Run `cargo xtask --help` from the root of the repository to find out what is available.
+
 ## Git Guidelines
 
 ### Git Branches